PHOTOS: Winter storm blankets Lawrence with snow

photo by: Shawn Valverde

A dog dressed for the winter weather crosses Massachusetts Street on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

A historic storm over the weekend resulted in closed roads, bitter cold and piles of snow, but also some unique winter scenes in Lawrence.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

Massachusetts Street is pictured from the air Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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Tina Mengler clears snow for her Lawrence neighbors on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025.

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A city worker spreads salt in South Park on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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Massachusetts Street being cleared of snow on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

Massachusetts Street being cleared of snow on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

Heavy machinery is used to clear Massachusetts Street of snow on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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Pedestrians cross Massachusetts Street as city workers clear snow on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

Icicles hang on the side of the Watkins Museum of History in downtown Lawrence on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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Icicles hang on a traffic light in downtown Lawrence on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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A car stuck is stuck in the road in South Park on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

A snowy Lawrence landscape with footprints is pictured Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at South Park.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

The downtown Lawrence area and the KU campus, in back, are pictured on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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The Kansas Union on the KU campus on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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A vehicle left in the middle of the road near 13th and Vermont streets, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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The intersection at 13th Street and Tennessee streets in Lawrence on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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Some local businesses like Cottin’s Hardware remained open despite the winter storm on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025.

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A customer enters Dillons on Massachusetts Street on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025.

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A homemade snow plow crosses Massachusetts Street on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025.

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A bollard on Massachusetts Street submerged in snow on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025.

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Snow covers a row of cars in downtown Lawrence on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025.

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A “freeze warning” sign is displayed on the side of a Lawrence road on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

South Park is pictured Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World

A golf cart is pictured Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in downtown Lawrence, in front of Sinkers Lounge, 722 Massachusetts St.